FAIRY TALES

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By Ma. Lorena Gorpido Sebastian
IV - Albert Einstein


Do you believe in fairy tales? Those “Once upon a time” stories are well-liked especially by children. Those tales are usually read to children before going to bed. Many of those were written in big letters just to occupy large spaces of the pages. Most fairy tale books contain pictures of the main characters of the story. Those fairy tales were really adored by children. However, Once Upon a Time, fairy tales were not really written for children only. In spite of their name, the popular fairy tales usually have very little to do with fairies.

Fairy tales often appear to be one of the ancestor genres to fantasy and readers, reviewers and even sometimes critics often illustrate connections between the two. As we all know, fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals, and enchantments, often involving a mind-boggling succession of events. In latter-day phrasing, the term is also used to portray something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy tale ending" (a happy ending), though not all fairy tales end happily. Colloquially, a "fairy tale" can also mean any unbelievable story. In cultures where demons and witches are perceived as real, and the teller and there of a tale see it as having historical actuality, fairy tales may merge into legendary narratives. However, unlike legends and epics, they usually do not contain more than superficial references to religion and actual places, persons, and events; they take place "once upon a time" rather than in actual times.

The history of the fairy tale is particularly difficult to trace, because only the literary forms can survive. Still, folklorists have found these forms from every culture over many centuries. Thus the oral fairy tale may have existed for at least that long, although not perhaps recognized as a genre. Fairy tales, and works derived from fairy tales, are still written today. large numbers of literary fairy tales were written in 17th century France, most of the tales which are still told and retold now are far older in origin. Many of the stories were edited and changed as they were written down, removing the darker and more gruesome elements of the stories. The intended audience of the stories has also changed. These resulted to children as audience of these fairy tales.

One of the most popular fairy tales of all times is “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” As everybody knows, the story is about a little princess whose mother died and her stepmother was jealous of her beauty. So she ordered her to be killed. But still, Snow White lived happily ever after at the end of the story. This is how a typical fairy tale goes. At first, the major characters of the story will endure a million of troubles but at the end of it, they will live happily ever after. Although most fairy tales pursue the same outline, people reading it was still entertain.

This is how much people love fairy tale stories.